Abstract: Packaging device, in particular for magnetic tape reels or socalled pancakes, with an inner collecting tank and an outer support frame, which totally encloses the collecting tank. The collecting tank, which has closed walls and can be closed on the front side by a removeable plate, is attached on a rear side so as to hang freely on the support frame, which is designed as a framwork construction with stiles and rungs. The collecting tank has several receiving mechanisms for the magnetic tape reels that are to be packaged and that enable the packaging device to be automatically loaded and unloaded.